Key Words :- housing

Address :- 35a Commercial Road, London, Greater London, E1
Grid Ref :- TQ 3420 8134
Co-ordinates :- Lat 51.515051 , Long -0.067368
Local Authority :- Tower Hamlets London Borough Council
Pre 1974 County :- Middlesex
Site Status :- Site extant - No Protection
Site Dates :- 1873-4 -

Description and History of Site:-
Thirty flats, built in 1873-4 for Sydney Waterlow's Improved Industrial Dwellings Company.

Based on Henry Roberts' design for cottage flats exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1851 (qv).

Morrison Buildings South (54 flats) stood opposite at 60 Commercial Road until the 1970s.

Further Reading and References:-
http://www.glias.org.uk/walks/14_Whitechapel.html
https://surveyoflondon.org/map/feature/104/detail/

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